Electronics Letters · 1993 · 34 citations · 2 references
EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationNonlinear OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersOptical SwitchingCompressionNonlinear Fiber EffectsNonlinear Fiber OpticsNonlinear Optical SwitchingNonlinearityOptical NonlinearityOptical SwitchesPulse Compression
Simulation of a nonlinear optical loop mirror composed of two fibres with different dispersion and/or nonlinearity is reported. Results show that optical switching is possible with a symmetric coupler along with the possibility of pulse compression.
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N.J. Doran, David Wood · Optics Letters · 1988 · 1.1K citations